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Herman Eberharter

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 29, 1892 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died: September 9, 1958 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Duquesne University Law School, 1925

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I
  • Officers' Reserve Corps

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1935-1936


Election Results for Herman Eberharter


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 44 PA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 49,722 66.2%
1938 46 PA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 48,025 63.3%
1940 48 PA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 62,121 68.6%
1942 50 PA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 50,316 58.1%
1944 52 PA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 83,724 71.6%
1946 54 PA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 62,963 62.8%
1948 56 PA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 80,600 72.7%
1950 58 PA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 66,077 68.7%
1952 60 PA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 98,432 58.7%
1954 62 PA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 85,550 65.1%
1956 64 PA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 88,725 57.8%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Herman Eberharter


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1937 45 House 64 22 D 88
1938 46 House 60 26 D 89
1939 47 House 78 16 D 94
1940 48 House 76 13 D 89
1941 49 House 70 15 D 86
1942 50 House 80 20 D 94
1943 51 House 73 10 D 76
1944 52 House 90 3 D 92
1945 53 House 86 4 D 78
1946 54 House 72 11 D 76
1947 55 House 92 8 D 94 100
1948 56 House 94 3 D 91 100
1949 57 House 88 5 D 96 92
1950 58 House 85 11 D 92 93
1951 59 House 91 4 D 87 100
1952 60 House 89 7 D 94 92
1953 61 House 87 11 R 45 96 91
1954 62 House 90 0 R 42 55 93 100
1955 63 House 3 0 R 10 0 7 100
1956 64 House 28 3 R 18 18 23 100
1957 65 House 59 5 R 60 15 69 100


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.